Bold and Broad Brain Scan: It's Not an Either/Or, and No One Said It Was!
It didn't take long for the blogosphere to use its heralded mind reading abilities to accuse the Broader/Bolder campaign of advancing reforms traditionally outside of the K-12 system at the expense of K-12 reform.
Read the statement. It said no such thing. In fact, the report argues for continued school improvement efforts:
To close achievement gaps, we need smaller classes in early grades for disadvantaged children; to attract high-quality teachers in hard-to-staff schools; improve teacher and school leadership training; make college preparatory curriculum accessible to all; and pay special attention to recent immigrants.
Read the statement. It said no such thing. In fact, the report argues for continued school improvement efforts:
To close achievement gaps, we need smaller classes in early grades for disadvantaged children; to attract high-quality teachers in hard-to-staff schools; improve teacher and school leadership training; make college preparatory curriculum accessible to all; and pay special attention to recent immigrants.


Comments
A golden opportunity for the Obama camp to take down two birds with one stone: a genuinely progressive and robust education policy that avoids the race-baiting of the "education debt" "social justice" crowd; and an opportunity to say goodbye, finally, to Bill Ayers.
Posted by: Steve Diamond | June 10, 2008 11:50 PM